ArticleArchives of sexual behavior2015
"Bend a fish when the fish is not yet dry": adolescent boys' perceptions of sexual risk in Tanzania.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Are facility service delivery models meeting the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa? A qualitative evidence synthesis.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Adolescent condom use in Southern Africa: narrative systematic review and conceptual model of multilevel barriers and facilitators.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
- Early menarche: A systematic review of its effect on sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
- A peer group intervention implemented by community volunteers increased HIV prevention knowledge.BMC public health · 2023Trial
- Peer network influence on intimate partner violence perpetration among urban Tanzanian men.Culture, health & sexuality · 2018Trial
- "We tell them it is the 'fire age:'" gender, puberty education and adolescent boyhood in two Ethiopian contexts.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
- Acceptability of 'Humpr': An Online Tool to Educate Adolescent Sexual Minority Males About Sexual Networking Applications.Journal of sex research · 2024Article
- Tanzanian adolescents' attitudes toward abortion: innovating video vignettes in survey research on health topics.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- Use of contraceptives and associated factors among male adolescents in rural secondary schools, Coast Region, Tanzania: a school-based cross-sectional study.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2024Article
- "Alcohol will never run out": Socio-ecological drivers of adolescent boys' alcohol use in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Understanding sexual behaviors of youth from the lens of caregivers, teachers, local leaders and youth in Homabay County, Kenya.Reproductive health · 2023Article
- Taking Stock: An Adaptable Research and Partnership Model for Developing Puberty Education in 10 Countries.Global health, science and practice · 2023Review
- Exploring a faith-based approach to puberty education in Tanzania.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2023Article
- Social normative origins of the taboo gap and implications for adolescent risk for HIV infection in Zambia.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
- Participatory Methodologies With Adolescents: A Research Approach Used to Explore Structural Factors Affecting Alcohol Use and Related Unsafe Sex in Tanzania.The journal of primary prevention · 2021Article
- Examining determinants of gender attitudes: evidence among Tanzanian adolescents.BMC women's health · 2020Article
- Parent-child sexual and reproductive health communication among very young adolescents in Korogocho informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya.Reproductive health · 2020Article
- Period teasing, stigma and knowledge: A survey of adolescent boys and girls in Northern Tanzania.PloS one · 2020Article
- Risk-Taking Behaviors and Sexual Violence Among Secondary School Students in Tanzania.Journal of community health · 2019Article
- How Alcohol, Space, and Time Influence Young People's Sexual Encounters in Tanzania: A Qualitative Analysis.Archives of sexual behavior · 2019Article
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Abstract
Despite decades of effort, the spread of HIV/AIDS continues among many African young people. A key contributor is unsafe sexual behavior that is desired, persuaded, or coerced. We explored the masculinity norms shaping pubescent boys' perceptions of and engagement in (unsafe) sexual behaviors in Tanzania. Through a comparative case study in rural and urban Tanzania, qualitative and participatory methods were used with 160 adolescent boys in and out of school to better understand the social and contextual factors promoting unsafe sexual behaviors. Adolescent boys in both the rural and urban sites reported struggling with intense sexual desires, strong peer pressures to have sex, and social norms dissuading condom use. A growing "normalization" of AIDS suggests messages promoting the dangers of HIV infection may be less effective. Findings reinforce the need for interventions with very young adolescents. Research is needed to identify more effective approaches for promoting safer sexual practices among boys in sub-Saharan Africa. Harm reduction approaches and gender transformative approaches might prove more effective than current HIV prevention efforts focused on youth.
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